24 Years of Walls
His father died when he was 16
He never even told his father he loved him
The thought haunted his mind
Every day of each of the years to come
So he shut everyone out
He kept up his walls
As his lover screamed
Let me in, I love you
Banging against his walls
Until her fists bled rivers
Crying, begging him to let her in
Tears drenching her face
And the collar of her shirt
She fought for six years
Until his child was born
A little monster who knocked
On that wall
And he smiled and knocked back
But when his little monster smiled at him
The pain of his loss hit him again
He hid behind the speeches
And lectures
He gave her
Trying to remove his mistakes
From her before she could even make them
Giving her high-fives instead of hugs
And always being just out of reach
But his little monster kept knocking
Daddy
Let me in, I love you
His family kept trying
For eighteen years
Banging
And throwing everything they had
Against that wall
Until his lover couldn’t anymore
She packed her bags
And he was alone
His walls were now bare
His home was now empty
Tearing his monster into pieces
But she chose neither side
And she knocked one last time
Daddy
I have to go
But I love you